The incredible Orion Nebula Messier 42-43. This is the closest major star forming region to the Earth at 1300 light years away and measures 24 light years across. This is also one of the brightest deep sky objects, visible with the naked eye even from the suburbs and an easy binocular or small telescope target. This is a narrowband image captured from my backyard over 3 nights using the Hubble Palette. I’ve added animation to the stars in this image to give it more depth and the feeling of flyin